Apex, the home of Geoff’s first professionally published short story, turned five years old on March 16th. A hearty congrats to Jason and the whole team who’ve turned out such great books and stories. In five years they’ve grown from a semi-pro print zine to a book publisher and online prozine. One of their stories is even nominated for a Nebula Award this year!

To help celebrate, Jason is offering $5 off any purchase at Apex. Why not use this great discount to buy a copy of Descended from Darkness, which includes Geoff’s story “Shaded Streams Run Clearest“?

Every year, the good folks at Clarkesworld Magazine host a contest to pick their readers’ favourite stories published that year. If you enjoyed “Teaching Bigfoot to Read“, why not vote for it as your favourite?

Soon we will have T-shirts for sale to support Bigfoot (and person) literacy. Here’s what the art will look like:

Tired of waiting for that pesky federal election that never seems to arrive? Are you eager to vote for something, but unable to pick between the candidates for Best Kiss at the MTV Movie Awards? Why not nominate one of Geoff’s stories for the Prix Aurora Awards!

The Auroras are awarded to Canadian writers of Speculative Fiction; basically, they are the Canadian equivalent of the Hugos. Stories and novels are nominated by readers, and the stories that receive the hightest number of nominations are put on a short list, which are then voted on by readers in a separate ballot. The Auroras are awarded at CanVention every year which, in 2010, will be held in beautiful Winnipeg.

Three of Geoff’s stories are eligible for nomination in the Short Fiction category this year:

“Teaching Bigfoot to Read” Clarkesworld #28, January, 2009

“Lo’ihi Rising” Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show #15, November, 2009
“The Most Successful Man in the World” Strange, Weird and Wonderful, Summer, 2009

If you think any of those stories are worthy of an Aurora, you can nominate them here.

For a listing of other great Canadian SF, check out the Canada SF Works database for great English and French stories and novels for your consideration.